Shuttle's skin was breached

Published:February 13, 2003 7:00PM

WASHINGTON (AP) Superheated air almost certainly seeped through a breach in space shuttle Columbias left wing and possibly its wheel compartment during the crafts fiery descent from orbit, an investigative board has found. Investigators also disclosed Thursday that Columbia had begun to have trouble, including spikes in temperature readings in its left wing, while it was well off the California coast,.